Volta Trucks has revealed its first ‘Volta Trucks Hub’ in the UK, serving its fully electric vehicles that will operate on the streets of London from early 2023.
The hub is the second service and maintenance facility announced by the EV manufacturer and services provider, after Bonneuil-sur-Marne in Paris, with further centres in other European cities to be announced in due course.
The company is launching a network of hubs as a critical enabler of its Truck as a Service offer, which sets out to revolutionise the finance and servicing of commercial vehicle fleets. Its vehicle service offering will be rolled out across all launch locations of Paris, London, Madrid, Milan, the Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany, and the Randstad region of the Netherlands.
Volta is pushing ahead with the start of production next year for its Zero model; the world’s first purpose-built, full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle designed for urban distribution, and to deliver safer and more sustainable cities.
The line-up will also see an 18-tonne vehicle go into production mid-2023, while 7.5- and 12-tonne variants are due to arrive in 2025.
Volta is also working with Siemens to provide services from charging solutions to facility infrastructure to its customers. These will be in place from the start of deliveries of its Zero electric truck in all launch markets.
The Volta Trucks Hub in London is on White Hart Lane in Tottenham, north London, near many of Volta Trucks initial UK-based customers, and within easy reach of all of east and west London’s significant logistics centres.
The facility covers 30,000 sq feet, operating eight workshop bays. It will also accommodate a showroom, admin offices, a Volta Trucks Academy training centre and Call Centre that will provide the interface between customers and the company’s team of technical and commercial experts.
It is also designed with a charging infrastructure to support 50kW fast charging of Volta Zero vehicles while they are being maintained. Overall, the facility has an A+ EPC rating and has been designed to achieve the BREAAM ‘Excellent’ rating.
Truck as a Service will support every step of the electrification migration by offering a single, affordable, monthly fee that funds the use of a full-electric Volta Zero vehicle, and all of its servicing, maintenance, insurance and training requirements, maximising the uptime and operational efficiency of the vehicle.
Casper Norden, chief fleet solutions officer of Volta Trucks, said: “London and Paris are Volta Trucks’ initial launch markets, and the availability of service and maintenance facilities is key for customer’s trust and confidence in our ability to deliver on our promises, and maintain the uptime of their vehicles. The search for the right location with the right environmental credentials has been extensive, but our new Volta Trucks Hub in Tottenham gives us, and our customers, everything needed to introduce our innovative truck into the important UK market and be fully operational from day one.”
